Summer 2016: Transfer rumours and suggestions

[Rigadon]

I'm not saying that Garde is automatically the right man but to me 'he's foreign therefore can't be a success in the Championship' is a daft stereotype.
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He very clearly is not the right man for us.  The last 4 months have proved that much.

[Toronto Villa]

I'm not saying he's not without his faults but by that statement you've essentially dismissed the utter gong show that he's had to contend with; on the pitch, off the pitch, in the boardroom, in the media and via social media. I don't think that's fair.

[Rigadon]

I'm not saying he's not without his faults but by that statement you've essentially dismissed the utter gong show that he's had to contend with; on the pitch, off the pitch, in the boardroom, in the media and via social media. I don't think that's fair.

Oh, he is surrounded by chaos and nobody would've been completely immune from it.  We'll never know for sure what an Allardyce or Pearson might've achieved, but they couldn't have done any worse.

My point is that the evidence (our league position etc) suggests he isn't the man to sort this rabble of a squad out.  Being harsh, I'd say that he hasn't dealt with the joke of a board either - a stronger manager would've made damn sure we signed some players in the first week in January. 

He is nowhere near the biggest culprit, but (at least in my opinion) the wrong guy at the worst time possible.

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There isn't a manager capable of sorting this particular squad out, with the mentality that it is post-November and make the competitive in the Premier League.

No goal scorer, a nervous keeper, a defence lacking in confidence and easily panicked, a midfield who offers scant protection and creates fewer chances and worst still, score no goals; its a disaster and would be for anybody.

[tomd2103]

There's a lad who plays for Huddersfield called Joe Lolley who used to be a regular on Villatalk. It's going to be fairly surreal for him next season lining up against us I bet. Anyway, let's buy him.

I don't know much about him. Jonathan Hogg plays here too, he unfortunately did his ligaments recently. And Jed Steer's doing pretty well, I was talking to a Town lad the other night and the fans would like to see him stay permanently. It might be worth us giving him a go, he seems comfortable at that level.

No disrespect to Huddersfield, but we don't want players who are comfortable bobbing around mid table in the Championship.  We want players who are too good for that league and can hold their own when we hopefully go back up.  It's the same with the likes of Baker.  Just because he has played a season in a relegation threatened Bristol City side doesn't mean he is going to be what we need next season. 

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This is why its ultimately important for us to hold onto most of our players, with a few exceptions.

For example, Sinclair. He's probably not a Premier League player, or if he is, its a squad role in a be

[villabear]

This is why its ultimately important for us to hold onto most of our players, with a few exceptions.

For example, Sinclair. He's probably not a Premier League player, or if he is, its a squad role in a be

Was in the lower North on Tuesday night when Sinclair was warming up with Gestede. As he started talking to him he put his hand over his mouth so no one could see what he was saying. Who the f**k do these players think they are?  Like we're interested what he's saying. Do your talking on the pitch.  Hand over the mouth. FFS

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... to finish (sorry for tailing off) I think he could cause Championship defences problems and it's not worth replacing the likes of him.down there, as it would leave us rebuilding the first XI and the squad again.

[tomd2103]

... to finish (sorry for tailing off) I think he could cause Championship defences problems and it's not worth replacing the likes of him.down there, as it would leave us rebuilding the first XI and the squad again.

I agree Ads and as bad as we've been this season, I think adding a few of the right type of players and more importantly, characters, would bring out the best in others.

[Legion]

It's bloody March.

[Rudy65]

If Hull don't go up I wouldn't say no to Dawson,Huddlestone and Diame.

And Brucie as our new manager

[SoccerHQ]

Most Championship teams have a British spine and predominantly British squad which buggers up our recruitment policy. Another reason I see Garde going as he won't have a clue on players to get us competitive in that division.

Karanka and Carvalhal seem to have managed okay as did the Watford manager who got them promoted last year. Why should Garde have less of a clue?

Karanka's been mentioned a few times, looks like Boro are bottling promotion again this year but what I would say on that....Boro had been down for 5 years when he was appointed so other managers like Mowbray had to do the dirty work of unloading the squad full of high earners and get it settled in the division.

I compare us more to teams like Blackburn, Bolton and Fulham all of whom are poorly run and were long time fixtures in the premier league, none of them have challenged for promotion since relegation and all three look more likely to go out the division the other way.

Premier league football is all any of us 30 or under have ever know and it will be the same for many at the club so it will be a massive culture shock for all of us and will take some time to get used to things.

Can't say I'm expecting promotino straight away, there is too much chaos around the club. It needs to be sold for a start.

Or put another way - managers who 'know the English market' such as Strachan and Mowbray at Boro, and Gray, Jones and Megson at Wednesday failed miserably. Whereas two foreign managers who never even played over here have been very successful.

I'm not saying that Garde is automatically the right man but to me 'he's foreign therefore can't be a success in the Championship' is a daft stereotype.

Stuart Gray did a very good job at Wednesday stabilising things and getting them into mid table even if they were very boring to watch, so he got them stabilised.

Caravhal has done very well in fairness but that's the key to me, the clubs are stable which gives the foreign manager the chance to bring a few in from abroad and get the team playing the way he wants, Watford are similar as they can get in good players from Granada and Udinese.

No way are we even close to being stable, we are a basket case club I'm afraid, similar to when Cardiff were relegated and OGS only lasted a couple of months down there didn't he?

[SoccerHQ]

... to finish (sorry for tailing off) I think he could cause Championship defences problems and it's not worth replacing the likes of him.down there, as it would leave us rebuilding the first XI and the squad again.

Sinclair would be one of the first I'd get rid of Ads (it's a very long list in fairness!) I know he had a good season fo Swansea down there but that was 6 years ago....Man. City move made him for life, he married a wag, he's accomplised all he wants in football imo which you can see from his half-arsed performances and general attitude he has this season.

What is his motivation to going back to slogging it out away to Huddersfield and Rotherham in midweek.

Pace is key down there as most defences down there are pretty slow, you see that when teams come up, Derby have Warnock as a regular in their back 4. I'd try to keep Adama and I think Amavi will stay until January due to his injury. I too think Grealish will do well down there if he can sort his head out and start acting professionally.

Get in a decent striker, have Gestede as an option off the bench and we at least have some forward options that can hurt teams.

[OzVilla]

There isn't a manager capable of sorting this particular squad out, with the mentality that it is post-November and make the competitive in the Premier League.

No goal scorer, a nervous keeper, a defence lacking in confidence and easily panicked, a midfield who offers scant protection and creates fewer chances and worst still, score no goals; its a disaster and would be for anybody.

Seconded, our current level of shiteness is quite astonishing. Particularly as we've had 25 years in he PL.

[ozzjim]

The only one to have excelled in complete madness at both Newcastle and Blues is Hughton.